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Stage 5, Mâcon to Belleville-en-Beaujolais 140km / 2,850m
The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift returns to the hills with an Ardennes-style burner of a stage that could reignite the GC battle. Seven categorized climbs are packed into 140km, meaning this one could blow up the race.
The finale is especially selective. The Category 2 Mont Brouilly (3km at 7.7 percent) comes just 20km from the finish and is steep enough to trigger attacks before the run into Belleville-en-Beaujolais.
That’s an ideal launch pad for Demi Vollering or Paula Blasi. Could this stage turn the GC upside down even before the first real climbs?
- Start time: 7:45 a.m. Eastern
- Estimated Finish: 11:41 a.m. Eastern
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